With Socially Conscious Films ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and ‘Collective,’...
Participant is back in the thick of the Oscar race with two films, “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “Collective,” that seem to respond to the current political tumult. On paper, the movies appear...
View ArticleParticipant, MK2 Films, Endeavor Content Team on Nadine Labaki Starrer ‘Costa...
Participant is teaming up with leading French sales agent MK2 Films and Endeavor Content to represent worldwide distribution rights on “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” the anticipated feature debut of Lebanese...
View ArticleParticipant Promotes Emma Shapiro, Taps Sarah Sobel — Film News in Brief
Participant has bolstered its leadership team with new senior V.P. roles, promoting Emma Shapiro to senor V.P. of communications and naming Sarah Sobel as senior V.P. of business and legal affairs....
View ArticleDiane Weyermann, Participant Executive and ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Producer,...
Diane Weyermann, chief content officer at Participant and former director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program died Thursday of cancer in New York. She was 66. For the last three...
View ArticleUtopia Snaps Up Distribution Rights to Participant’s Yaara Bou Melhem Doc...
Sales and distribution company Utopia, co-founded by filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, has swooped on the distribution rights to documentary “Unseen Skies” by Yaara Bou Melhem, a two-time UN Peace...
View ArticleUtopia Buys Participant Documentary ‘Unseen Skies’ on Evolution of Corporate...
Utopia has acquired Participant’s feature documentary “Unseen Skies,” which the U.S. distributor will release on Sept. 13. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Yaara Bou Melhem, “Unseen Skies” explores...
View ArticleParticipant Promotes Three Executives to Senior VP (EXCLUSIVE)
Participant has promoted three executives to senior vice president. Elizabeth Haggard has been elevated to senior VP of narrative film; Nicole Starr has been appointed to the newly created position of...
View ArticleCourtney Sexton Returns to Participant as EVP, Documentary Film and TV
Courtney Sexton will return to her longtime former home Participant, where she’s been named executive vice president of documentary film and television. Overseeing all unscripted content at the do-good...
View ArticleDocumentary About Navy Veterans Using Psychedelics to Treat PTSD in the Works...
An untitled documentary about the experimental use of psychedelics to treat former Navy SEALs’ traumatic brain injuries and PTSD is in the works from Participant. The project, produced by Participant,...
View ArticleFormer Participant Exec Miura Kite Joins Maria Farinha Films as Expanding...
Brazilian social impact entertainment company Maria Farinha Films is expanding stateside by opening a Los Angeles office operated by U.S. producer Miura Kite, formerly EVP of global television at...
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